La Sportiva Men's Katana Lace

The La Sportiva Men's Katana Lace is an all around climbing shoe for wherever your route takes you. The Katana takes you to the gym, out to your favorite rock, and bouldering when your harness didn't quick make the trip. The technical fit closes tight with laces for additional tailoring. A medium asymmetry is comfortable for longer days and still allows for more technical climbing. The upper combines leather and synthetic leather (Lorica) to create a more durable, water-repellent, and breathable shoe. The Pacific lining at the forefoot and back allow for just enough stretch to get 'em comfy for the long run. The 4mm Vibram XS Edge rubber grips and sticks for monkeying up each toe hold.

FEATURES of the La Sportiva Men's Katana Lace

Lorica lacing harness for an exact, no stretch fit

Lorica toe box for optimum edging power

Highly breathable tongue works in conjunction with the lining for excellent moisture management

SPECIFICATIONS of the La Sportiva Men's Katana Lace

Weight: 8.71 oz / 247 g

Upper: Lorica/ Leather

Lining: Pacific (forefoot and back)

Midsole: 1.1mm full-length LaspoFlex with P3

Sole: 4mm Vibram XS Edge

Construction: Slip Lasted

Last: PD 55

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When aggressive shoes are a bit too painful to send that thin face climb or epic slab, in comes the Katana lace.. The XS edge sticks to any dime that will hold on the wall and is very resistant to deformation when placing your foot on spikes or razor-like features. The shoe is comfortable and very supportive for an all day type fit, even sized snugly they can still be worn for considerable amounts of time. My go to shoe for anything slabby to 15 degrees overhung. Doesn't smear the best, but thats not what you wanted it for anyway :) 1/2 size down from street shoes - Sweet color scheme!

It's been years since i've climbed & these helped me get back on my feet. no pun intended. love the lace up option & sizing was easy. you should get a 1/2 size or so smaller. these shoes practically climb for you.

I have had these shoes for 4 years now and they are great! I had them re soled once and they feel like new again. The material doesn't smell and is super comfortable. good for people with wider feet. The rubber stretches a good amount so i would size down a size or two and they will break in really nicely.

I have to admit that I am writing this review a little premature but. They are true to size! I wear a size 12 in street shoes and ordered 45.5s (11.5s). They are tight and have some discomfort to them but I wouldn't go with a size larger or smaller. If you want the tight and extremely snug fit go a half size down. Any more then that would just be painful. I love the looks of the shoes and would always go with the laces. Snugs up the fit perfectly! Looks, fit and now to see how they climb................................

These shoes have made all the difference in my climbing. Having only owned a couple of beginner pairs in the past I noticed a great improvement when edging on tiny ledges. I sized them down a full size from my street shoe. After about a month of climbing they have stretched maybe 1/4 of a size and I don't expect them grow anymore.

I have tried on almost every aggressive shoe model made my five ten la Sportiva and these were the ONLY shoes that were comfortable on my feet. I have somewhat wide feet with longer toes (slight mortons), and I had almost given up hope of ever finding a pair of comfortable shoes for those hard, steep progressive sport routes and bouldering problems. The Katana's got it just right. They fit super snug but with almost no pain in the toes. The heel cup sucks up my heel just right. So far they have more than done the job on the roof problems that I have been working on where aggressiveness is the name of the game. Edging is a dream.

This has been my go-to shoe for about a year. It does well in most types of climbing, whether moderate crack, overhung sport, or slab. Its aggressive enough use your toes on overhangs but lined leather means comfort and easy on/off. The tongue is elastic, meaning you dont need to lace them completely to wear them. The durability is impressive, just blowing through the toe cap after about a year of 2-4x/week. A somewhat updated version of the Miura, but with a different feel.

I got these shoes sized 2 sizes smaller than my normal street shoe because I wanted a performance fit. That might have been a little tight, because the first three months were agony (I never tied the laces unless I had to heel hook), but now they're great. I've climbed a lot in them (up to three times a week outdoors on boulders), and they're starting to wear a bit, but the Evolvs and Mad Rocks I've owned would have been shredded by now. In retrospect, 1.5 sizes smaller than street shoe probably would have given me almost as good a performance fit and made them a lot more comfortable on long sport, but I'm still content.

I wear a size nine street shoe and got my katanas at size 39.5. Fit very well with not too bad of a break-in period. The only complaint about sizing is that the heal cup is just slightly bigger than most other sportiva shoes but it didn't affect performance too much. Used these as my primary sport route/boulder shoe and couldn't have been happier with the way they they edged and stuck to the tiniest foot chips. They also smeared far better than what I was expecting. Can't really go wrong with la sportiva and this is a shoe that can take you to the next level.

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